Combined tie



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D. HARRINGTON & M. A. KEANE.

. COMBINED TI UHAIR, AND FISH P ATE. No. 381,238.

Pafexit'ed Apr. 17,1888.

' ATTORNEYS.

' To all whom it zjeay concern.-

' UNITED STATES PATENT f OFFICE; I;

DANIEL HARRINGTO ANn'MoRRIs KEANE, OF NE RU- s'w1oK, NEw- JERSEY.

COMB'INEID'TIE, CHAIR, ANDFlS H-PLATEI sPncIrIcATIoNiormin part ofLetters Patent No. 381,23 8,' dated April 17. 18 88. I I Applicationfiled December as, iss-z. Serial No. 259,303. (No model.)

Be it known that we,DANIEr. HARRINGTON and MORRIS A. KEANE, of NewBrunswick, in the county of Middlesex and State of New Jersey, haveinventedanew and Improved on1- bined Tie, Chair, and Fish-Plate,'ofwhich the followingis afu1l,clear, and exact description.

Our'inv'ention relates to an improved com- I bined tie, chair, andfishpIate, and has for its object to simplify theconstruction of suchand provide an effective means forholding the approaching ends ofrailway-rails in position, and likewise for clamping the rails to theties at their ends or at any pointin their length The invention consistsin the construction and combination of the several parts," as will behereinafter fully set. forth, and pointedout in the claims. v

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is aperspective view of the device applied at the abutting endsof the rails. V Fig.

, 2 is a similar view of the device when used upon a rail between itsends, and Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on line as x of Fig. 1.In carrying out the invention, A represents 7 a rectangular chair,preferablyof a width corresponding to the width of thesleeper E, the,

said chair being provided with atce'ntral recess, a, adapted toreceivethe horizontal member of the fish -plate 0. Centrally in the lower wallof the recess a a second'recess, a, is

formed, extending transversely the chair,

which latter recess isso shaped as to neatly receive the base or'flangeof the will), as illustrated in Fig. 3. v v

The fish-plates G: are madeof angle-iron.

The outer faces of the vertical members d are perpendicular and theinner faces, adapted to engage and clamp? the web of the rail, are'concaved, as illustrated at b in Figs. 1 and 3. The horizontal membersd of said fish-plates are provided centrally their longitudinal edgewith an integralprojection or wing, D, the recess a being shaped toreceivesaid wing, as illustrated in Fig. 1. The purpose of the wing visto impart strength to the plates, which are of any suitable material 5,but iron is preferred.

1 means of a rib, 01*, extending transversely' lhe V central portion ofthe horizontal member upon its outer face, and likewise upon theouterface" of the vertical member."

- The upper and outer face of the horizontalmemberdis inclined from itsintersectionwith the vertical'mernber outward, the inclination beinggradual .and such that the outeredges of the plates will be flush, ornearly so, with the upper surface of the chair, as best shown in Fig. 3.

' l Thatpo'rtion, b, of the under face of the hori zontal member 02which has a bearing upon I the flange of the rail is conformed to theconj tour of the flange, so that it may be compactly 6 seated thereon,and the remaining portion of the said under surface is concaved, asillus trated at b Figs. 1and'3. 5 v

The chair having been placed .in' position upon the sleeper E, which isalso provided with a coneaved under surface, e, the'railh'av- I ing beenseated in thefrecess' a, and the fishplats positioned in the recess a,"bolts E are passed through the vertical members of theplatesand throughthe web of the rail, and the, former are bro light .in secure and.decided intervened, whichnuts are U shaped in crosssection, asillustrated in Fig. 3, and thecavity contact with thelatter by nuts e,screwedjup onf I I the threaded ends of the bolts. plates and the nutse a cushion-n'ut,'e, is 8c Between the therein is filled with a rubberblock, e which cushion and likewise the nut receive the bolts E.

this means expansion and contraction are pro-- The cohcavebearing-surfaces im lar bolts E are passed through the horizontalm'ember'sof the plates, and also through the against cushioned nuts 6,as in the attachment to the rails. Thesleeper may be constructed;

In Fig. 2 weillustrate ourdevice applied as are apertured to The cushionis also made to project beyond the surfaoesof the nut. -By '8 sleeper,the nuts being above and made to bear 7 I I a chair. In this event thetie-plate M doesnot Q dilfer materially in construction from the cen-'trill Po n Of the aforesaid fish- 1 t the i 50 also additionally bracedand strengthened by only essential difference being that inth'e tie-1loo I v i 4 V I Y Ma v plate the vertical member found in the fishplateis omitted.

The vertical members d of the fish-plates C may, if preferred, belongitudinally recessed to allow for the seating of the cushion-nutstherein, so as to prevent said nuts from turn ing and to insure theirdirect impact on the web of the rail.

Having thus fully described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent-- 1. The combination, with a railway-chairprovided with the compound recess a a and a rail fitted in the recess a,of an angular fishplate, 0, havingits vertical member concaved upon itsinner bearing-surface and the horizontal member fitting into the recess(4, having its under surface partially conformed to the contour of therail-flange and partially concaved, and means, substantially as shownand described, for. binding the fish-plate to the rail and said platesto the chair, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a tie having a concaved under surface, a chairupon said tie provided with a compound recess, a a, and arail fitted inthe recess a, of angular fish-plates 0, having the innerbearing-surfaces of their vertical members concaved and the undersurface of their horizontal members entering the recess a, partiallyconformed to the contour of the rail-flange and partially concaved, and

bolts, substantially as shown and described,

passing through the fish-plates, chair, and tie, and through saidfish-plates and rails, as and for the purpose herein set forth.

3. The combination, with a railway-chair provided with a compoundrecess, a a, and a rail fitted in the recess a, of an angular fishplate,0, having its vertical member concaved upon its inner bearing-surfaceand the horizontal member provided with a centrally-integral projectionor wing, D, adapted to fit in a correspondingly-shaped portion of therecess a, and having its under surface partially conformed to thecontour of the rail-flange and partially concaved, and means,substantially as shown, for binding said fish-plate to the rail and saidplates to the chair, substantially as shown and described.

4; In a railway chair and fish-plate, essentially as shown anddescribed, the fastening or clamping bolt E, provided with a nut, 6 U-.shaped in cross section and having its cavity filled with an elasticcontact'block, c, and provided with a nut, e, at its outer end, said nutadapted to lock the nut e securely upon the bolt E, substantially asherein shown and described.

DANIEL HARRINGTON. MORRIS A. KEANE. \V1tnesses:

MIoHAEL LYoNs, FRANKLIN B. LIPPINCOTT.

